Expecting a baby in the middle of a pandemic

Pregnancy always brings with it an element of uncertainty and in the Covid-19 era expectant mums are finding it hard. Muireann Davis, expecting her second baby in August, talks to Helen O’Callaghan about how Covid-19 has brought new worries and about how she battled and beat post-natal depression after her first baby.

Muireann Davis, and baby Finn.

The Covid-19 outbreak has exacerbated the fears of expecting mothers. Muireann Davis, whose second baby is due in August, talks to Helen O’Callaghan about how the virus has brought new worries and about how she battled and beat post-natal depression after her first baby.

Pregnant and due in August, Muireann Davis was meant to attend ante-natal groups for women who had previously suffered post-natal depression (PND), as she had after the birth of her first child. But the groups aren’t happening now. Covid-19 has seen to that.